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      <image:title>Equipment Review - A Simple Tool That Changed My Fly Tying…</image:title>
      <image:caption>It has an adjustable neck, a sturdy clamp, and a circular frame where you can insert whatever background you want. I cut discs in different colors of 2mm foam so I can swap them out depending on the fly. It even doubles as a great photo backdrop for finished patterns. For me, it’s been one of those “Why didn’t I start using this earlier?” tools.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Equipment Review - A Simple Tool That Changed My Fly Tying…</image:title>
      <image:caption>At $9, it’s an easy experiment. Try it. See if it helps your eyes, your tying, or your photos the way it has for me.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Equipment Review - A Simple Tool That Changed My Fly Tying…</image:title>
      <image:caption>And if you have any gear hacks or equipment reviews of your own—expensive or budget-friendly—send them in. Let’s start sharing what works and make this whole craft just a little easier for all of us.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This is a review of a unique and beautiful bobbin holder that is hand-crafted by Andy Andrews of Springfield, Missouri. But before I start, Iwant to take a slight detour and talk about The Sowbug Roundup in Mountain Home, Arkansas. This is where I met Andy Andrews. Sowbug, as it is known, is hosted by The North Arkansas Fly Fishers and is billed as “the best fly fishing show” in the country with 150 expert fly tyers and over 20 venders. One look at the “featured tyers schedule” and the seminars offered and you see a who’s who of world class tyers. This is definitely a fly tyers fly tying show and I highly recommend it. OK, so now back to the bobbin review.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Equipment Review - Review of “Andy’s Bobbins”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Andy’s Bobbin does what a bobbin holder should do, which is to hold thread for tying flies. And it does hold thread very well. I can almost guarantee this bobbin holder looks different from any thread holder you have used. And the pleasing aesthetic design of this bobbin holder, the way it fits in your hand, and the tactile connection to a natural material are a big part of the appeal of this bobbin holder for me. The variety of woods is almost overwhelming, and makes it very hard to choose-so much so you may need two!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Equipment Review - Review of “Andy’s Bobbins”</image:title>
      <image:caption>This bobbin holder was modeled after Wayne Moore’s and Steve Jenson’s design. Andy made some engineering improvements and the final result is a very functional and beautifully designed fly tying tool. On the pragmatic side, you might be surprised to know the bobbins supplied with Andy Bobbin will hold an entire spool of standard fly tying threads. Also, additional bobbins can be readily purchased (at a very reasonable price) at most sewing centers or Walmart, as well as an electric bobbin winder that will spool up a bobbin in seconds.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Thread base</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>White Bucktail with a couple of strands of flash</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Green craft fur tied in over the bucktail - the stiffer bucktail helps the craft fur from fouling around the hook</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tie in the ice chenille and the foam</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tie down the foam just behind the hook eye</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Finished fly</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Another view of finished fly</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>River Roads Creations Die Cut Stamps</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Gurgler - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Test run with the fly, it works!</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Secure bead and wrap a slightly tapered thread body and return thread to bend of hook.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Make a dubbing loop and twist blended dubbing material</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wrap dubbing loop forward to about two eye widths from hook eye. At this point make the first dubbing loop with red rabbit strip and make one complete wrap.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Now form second dubbing loop with silver/gray rabbit zonker strip and wrap a couple wraps and secure behind bead.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brush rabbit strip collars forward to blend together and then back to smooth out for finished fly.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - Bloody Baby Bunny Buggar - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>On a side I really recommend the Smhaen dubbing twister. I have used a lot of dubbing twisters and this, hands down, is my favorite. Also, the 2” Hairline Material Clip system is the best I have used.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-03</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Lay a thread base to bend and return to bar.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Deena Fly - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tie in marabou tail about the same length as the hook shaft.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Deena Fly - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tie in the UNI-Mohair or dub a body stopping a hooks eye length from the eye.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Featured Fly - The Deena Fly - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tie in the prepared mallard flank feather and wrap forward three turns</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Slack in the fly line system at any point in the cast (beginning, middle or end) can kill the cast— not just distance, accuracy, or loss of line control, but also results in more tangles in the line, leader and tippet.  Slack is the primary cause of the fly rod not “loading” properly.  All this means in layman’s terms, is that slack prevents the rod from bending or flexing at the correct time in the casting stroke.  Think of it this way: there is a finite amount of distance of travel in any casting stroke; if any part of that casting stroke is used removing slack, some of the efficiency of that cast is lost.  Some of the most common ways to introduce slack in the cast is at the very beginning of the back cast. Keeping the rod tip low to the water (dipping the tip) is imperative to the start of a good back cast. However, if there are curves in the line, the initial part of the casting stroke will be used making the line tight instead of loading the rod.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>You will be at the end of your back cast before you ever move the fly.  One more common mistake: slack can find its way into your cast (there are others we will cover later). This is what happens to the line between the reel and the stripping guide. Make sure there is no “bow” in your fly line there.</image:caption>
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